Karen Jensen

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Karen Jensen
Born (1944-08-18) August 18, 1944 (age 81) [1]
San Francisco, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1961-1979
Spouse(s)John Neilson (1970-1990; divorced)
Michael Stroka (1990-1997; his death)
Brendon Boone (m. 1999)

Karen Jensen is an American actress.

Biography

Born in San Francisco, Jensen is the daughter of Charles and Claire Jensen. [2] She was the youngest person to win the Miss San Carlos title. After she participated in other pageants, she became a model and was photographed for billboard advertising for Granny Goose Potato Chips. A William Morris Agency talent scout saw her in the Miss California pageant, and after she passed a screen test she received a Warner Bros. contract. [3]

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Jensen's acting debut came in 1965 in the television situation comedy Wendy and Me. She performed on some other TV shows before leaving Warner Bros. and going to Universal. Her film debut came in Out of Sight (1966). [3]

Jensen was married to actor John Neilson. After their divorce, she married actor Michael Stroka in 1990. Following his death, she married actor Brendon Boone. [3]

Selected filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1972 The Salzburg Connection Elissa Lang
1967 The Ballad of Josie Deborah Wilkes
1966 Out of Sight Sandra Carter
TV
YearTitleRoleNotes
1964 Wendy and Me LouiseS1.E8 - "Wendy's Private Eye"
1966 The Virginian Gloria ClaiborneS4.E29 - "A Bald-Faced Boy"
1966 Run for Your Life Elke SouthworthS1.E21 - "Hoodlums on Wheels"
1967 Dragnet JeannieS1.E5 - "The Masked Bandits"
1967Sullivan's EmpireDorisTV film
1967 The Wild Wild West Catherine KittridgeS3.E12 - "The Night of the Legion of Death"
1969 Bracken's World Rachel Holtseries regular - 41 episodes
1969 Hollywood Squares self - panelist5 episodes
1969-70 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson self - guest3 episodes
1971 Love, American Style S2.E16 - "Love and Operation Model"
1971The Fountain of GroovyselfTV film/documentary
1971 Congratulations, It's a Boy Rhonda Lewis ABC Movie of the Week
1972 Insight Karen AdamsS1.E347 - "Love Song of the Cuckoo Birds"
1973I Love a MysteryFaithTV film
1973 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice AdeleS1.E4 - "I'm Not Jealous-Only Curious"
1974 Mannix Laura HarrisS8.E12 - "A Choice of Victims"
1974 Movin' On MyrnaS1.E1 - "The Time of His Life"
1974 Emergency! Monique MorrisS4.E14 - "The Bash"
1974 The Snoop Sisters StarletS1.E2 - "Fear Is a Free-Throw"
1976Louis Armstrong - Chicago StyleFlorence ClevelandTV film
1979 Happy Days EthylS7.E11 - "Fonzie vs. the She-Devils"

References

  1. ↑ "Karen Jensen - the Private Life and Times of Karen Jensen. Karen Jensen Pictures".
  2. ↑ "Karen Jensen To Wed Actor". Redwood City Tribune. November 21, 1970. p. 7. Retrieved October 5, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 3 Lisanti, Tom; Paul, Louis (April 10, 2002). Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973. McFarland. pp. 155–157. ISBN   978-0-7864-1194-8 . Retrieved October 5, 2022.


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